According to Adomonline.com, buried corpses were exhumed as a result of the reclamation by the chief and queen mother of the area to create a space for another project.
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Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives as cemetery is used for football park
Reports have it that some residents of Diabene in the Essikadu-Ketan constituency in the Western Region were compelled to rush to the community’s cemetery with coffins to receive the remains of their dead relatives after a part of the cemetery was reclaimed by the traditional leaders.
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
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The said land recovery which saw remains of various deceased persons exhumed happened on Thursday with the assistance and supervision of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly’s Environmental Health Department.
The exercise reportedly became necessary as the community leaders wanted to create enough space for the expansion of the town’s football field, Adomonline.com reports.
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Some photos from the scene show a backhoe loader breaking open the graves to exhume the bodies, while residents waited with coffins in hand to pick up the remains of their dead relatives.
The exhumed corpses are expected to be reburied ostensibly at another place agreed to by all stakeholders.
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Pulse Ghana
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Pulse Ghana
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Pulse Ghana
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Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Pulse Ghana
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Families storm cemetery to pick exhumed corpses of relatives
Pulse Ghana
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